The Music

For those of you who are new to my page and for those of you who have been before, I would like to bring something to your attention:  TUNES!

Go over to the right of this page and click on “Audio”

This will bring you to all of the tunes that have recorded on my own up until this point.  Here is a rundown of what you’ll find:

Some Scenes:  Is the latest batch of original music I have recorded.  Some of it in my home studio and some of it in the Murder Room with Ed Tupper(Engineering/Coproducing/Sick Beats) in Kitty Hawk, NC. Bob Hamilton contributes some guitar on “Ridiculous” and Kip Germscheid plays sax on “Crumbs” and “Just Fine”…I wrote, played, and sang the rest.

The Big Show:  This is a live recording of some of my original instrumental music.  It was recorded in the Caplan Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA and features Steve Tjernagel on Guitar, Gregory Martin on Saxophone, and Arturo Stable on Percussion in addition to yours’ truly on the bass.

University of the Arts Graduate Ensemble 2008-2009:  This documents some of the music I was involved in while in Grad School.  The music is composed by myself, Tim Andrulonis, and Greg Martin.  In addition to featuring the three of us, the Ensemble was directed by Micah Jones and features the talents of most of my classmates at the time.

203:  This was a session of jazz standards I recorded with Greg Matthews on Guitar and Tim Andrulonis on Alto Saxophone.  Recorded live in the studio at Uarts.

Hamilton/Rice:  This is myself and my friend Bob Hamilton(guitar).  Kinda bluegrassy, kinda jazzy….Recorded in various places.

Maine to Mexico Mixtape:  This was recorded by me on a mobile recording rig in various places from Garages, bedrooms, and attics in Maine to my apartment in Mexico over looking the Rio Cuale and Paso Ancho…I wrote, played, and sang everything except for some tasty guitars by Mr. Bob Hamilton that we recorded when he visited me in Mexico.

Miscellaneous:  Simply that…mostly me doing covers except for some cover tracks from the Wilders and one Original

That’s about it for now.  Please check it out and tell me what you think!

Uarts Jazz Ensemble

Hi!!!

i am done Grad school and i hear about my final grades and such on 12/21, and i’d like to take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge what a great experience that it was.

I did not originally want to get my master’s in jazz.  I was thinking that i wanted to pursue studies in Ethnomusicology, which is basically half anthropology and half music or the study of how a culture’s music relates to it’s society.  Anyhow, due to personal and geographical factors, Philadelphia came up on my radar, but there was no Ethnomusicology program to be found.  University of the Arts offered an M.M. in jazz studies, so i visited the place and left there with a good vibe.

When i talked to the director of the Bass department, Micah Jones, i was asking questions like:  ‘what kinds of stuff do i need to play for this audition?’ and ‘what kinds of stuff does my recital need to include?’…His response to both questions was this:  ‘However you want to present yourself, artistically.’  That was it.

Although i did apply to UW in Seatle, as well, my gut was telling me that Uarts was the place.  I flew home from Mexico to do the audition and it went better than expected, and my expectations were high.

I spent the last year and a half of my life getting a very intense intellectual boost and i have to say that the whole thing was well worth it.  I made some good friends, learned alot, and best of all, made some great music.

Here is some of that music.

This is an original of mine:

Prana (take 2)

Here’s an original tune written by Greg Martin:

Derya

And finally, a Tim Andrulonis original:

Slam Swingin’ (take 2)

Greg is melting.